I know in my heart you would absolutely LOVE “Woman In Chains” by Tears For Fears. Their first three albums (“The Hurting” in 1983, “Songs From The Big Chair” in 1985, and “The Seeds Of Love” in 1989) were all masterpieces.
For my money, this is one of the greatest songs in my lifetime. A perfect confluence of sounds. The idea of shout therapy. The frustration. The most catchy hook of outrage. Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith going vocally crazy and the drums. It is perfectly constructed. I had this tape and played it into the ground.
Aileen - I think you would LOVE "Woman in Chains" w/ the incomperable Oletta Adams. Very powerful song with a poignant message. "Sowing the Seeds of Love" is also another great one which will give you Beetlesque vibes.
Spot On Man, one of the top 5 albums, easily, made in the 80s. They were a breath of fresh air and an antidote to mid 80s hair band silliness (Poison, etc.).
@@carpathiandeviljoshua tree and big chair stand the test of time. My favorite though off Big Chair is actually The Working Hour… just close your eyes, lay back and let the sax carry you away and his lush vocals too.
Such passion and even pain in the vocals of Roland and Kurt. Tears for Fears are still a band that you can’t put in a box and slap a label on. No band sounds like them. Or writes songs like them. They are unique.
There is quite a rabbit hole to discover with Tears For Fears- Mad World, Change, Pale Shelter, Mothers Talk, Head Over Heels, The Working Hour, Sowing The Seeds Of Love, Woman In Chains, Year Of The Knife, Famous Last Words, Swords And Knives, Goodnight Song, Break It Down Again, Raoul And The Kings Of Spain to name a few - a phenomenal band and their last album The Tipping Point is exceptional as well.
"Implied Harmonies"... It's such a perfect phrase for their combination of vocal styles Two singers can sing the same note, but sound different... It can be almost GOSPEL I first heard that phrase in reference to the Beastie Boys (!)
Aileen, I grew up in Orange County CA and grew up listening to KROQ. The station introduced us to Tears For Fears, Oingo Boingo, Split Enz, Love and Rockets, Duran Duran, and Dramarama to name a few. I was gifted.
"Shout" is the title of a new wave song by the British band Tears for Fears from 1984, written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley, the band's keyboardist at the time. It was sung by Roland Orzabal, with bassist Curt Smith on the chorus. The song became a worldwide hit and was Tears for Fears big breakthrough in the USA. Tears For Fears had various hits in Europe and the USA. In addition to “Shout”, there was also “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, “Head over Heels”, “Sowing the Seeds of Love” and a few others.
Tell me from one of the greatest generations of all time Gen X, and very proud of it I would never trade the 80s or the 90s for any generations decade. We come from a generation where we knew how to have fun no one was sensitive and we had the best music in the world.
Tears For Fears has so much incredible music from the 80's, 90's, and the 2000's. Their most recent album, "The Tipping Point" is one of my favorite recent albums by any artist.
I absolutely love the positive energy that radiates from Tears For Fears. Even with a song as obviously dark and painful as Shout, you can feel the positive spin they put on the message.
One of the great classics from the 80's.. Tears for Fears were (are!) one of those bands that helped define the 80's alongside the likes of Talk Talk, Gary Numan, Human League, Depeche Mode, Propaganda, Belouis Some, Reflex.. so many bands.
Tears For Fears will always be somewhere in my Top 10 favorite bands of all time. I've seen them 4 times since the first time on their Seeds Of Love tour and they are a creative force.
If the post punk/new wave era had an anthem that would unite us… It’s this song. There’s a raw power in it that stirs every single listener that makes us want to not just fight the system, but bring it down.
Tears For Fears are unique in that both members sing lead vocal, you've just watched Roland singing lead on Shout, and you saw Curt singing lead on your previous review of Everybody Wants To Rule The World. Check out Woman In Chains with Roland singing lead and featuring the beautiful voice of Oleta Adams, you'll love the bass guitar on that song, also check out Advice For The Young At Heart which has Curt singing lead.
Tears for Fears has a vast back catalogue of great albums and songs which span through almost four decades. You should definitely check out the live version of Memories Fade
TOTALLY AWESOME!! ONE OF MY FAVORITE 80'S BAND!! MY KIDS AND I USED TO SING THIS AWESOME SONG WHILE DOING HOUSEWORK, PLUS THEIR FATHER WAS ABUSIVE SO PRETTY MUCH LETTING OUR ANGRY GOOOO! TEARS FOR FEARS HAVE SO MANY AWESOME SONGS "HEAD OVER HEELS" AWESOME REACTION ALIEEN!! 😊💓🔥✌️🤘 SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS I CAN'T SEE VERY WELL SO I APOLOGIZE.
Wow thank you so much. This brought tears to my from nostalgia. I grew up on Tears for Fears. I highly highly highly recommend you do the disturbed version of this. It is insane.
There is nothing overdone with either the song or the music video. It is just perfect. The vocals are as you say a perfect blend. It is like you are just joining a party or entertaining guests at your house, The song just makes me remember why I love music. It is a part of us and one of very small things in our current life that we can appreciate and enjoy. Modern music to me is lightspeed years behind this kind of music. It just has so much more energy and meaning. Beautiful reaction video. Music is for life
This my favourite song of theirs. Back in the day I saw them in a small venue in Brighton. Part way through the song. they stopped playing and the whole crowd, me included, sang the lyrics together with them. Awesome stuff.
These guys were so huge in the 80's when I was a kid. They are still around and still a great band. There old songs stand the test of time as confirmed with this video.
Hi. Old guy here. The whole Songs from the Big Chair album is pretty great. I remember discovering it as a kid through my mom in the 90's. My family would take long road trips from Southern CA to Sturgis, South Dakota and I'd lay in the back seat with my walkman and listen to music the entire drive. Anyway, love your videos.
You can never go wrong with this band. Such amazing, powerful and beautiful songs, especially this one!!! I am so happy you reacted to this. I really hope you do "Head Over Heels," next. 😉😊 Youe reactions are always so sweet and lovely my beautiful Aileen. Te manda muchos cariños desde Miami. 🌹🌹🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Difficult to pick a favorite among 'Shout', 'Head Over Heels', and 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World.' They are all unique, perfectly written, and performed songs.💯
Songs from the big chair is a phenomenal album! Shout, Everybody wants to rule the world, Head over Heels & Mother’s talk are so well written! Tears for Fears are so underrated. Happy that you’ve finally heard it 😊👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I always enjoy your reactions but even better when it's my favorite Artists of all time, they guys are the GOATS of the music industry and I seeing them in Vegas on November 1st, this will be my 3rd year in a row seeing them when a few years ago I never thought I ever see them at all!! These two have so many hits it's ridiculous and there such class acts!
This song is a reminder of my late teenage years and I remember those days so fondly. Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal are very talented songwriters who grew up listening to progressive rock gods, deeply influenced by them and managed to create their own rich, signature sound at the time. Besides their hit songs, they have written so many beautiful pop-rock songs through the years. For your own listening enjoyment, you might want to check out their latest effort, The Tipping Point, from 2022. It is a beautifully produced, sophisticated pop-rock album from start to end. By the way, that wonderful backing vocal belongs to Scottish singer/songwriter Sandy McLelland. Cheers!
Growing up to this song, it was put out that the guys in the band had a fight before the release of this song and there was a chance that the group might have ended that night. I wish I had more details, because this is one those songs that stand the test of time, this song definitely was a milestone for "shots fired" being put in a song.
Epic song ! Even Rockers and Metalheads back then had to agree. Heard this blasting at stereo stores (remember them ?) at the time. A great test for speakers.
I have such a soft spot for Tears. Their music hits he right in heart. I was just sitting here watching her reaction tearing up wondering how did we go from this to our sad situation as a society/country? 😢
It was awesome when it first came out. It was a song that your body can groove to. There is no wrong way to dance to it..... well, maybe tap dancing., maybe. As always your reaction brought a smile
It's funny that most people in the US only know Tears for Fears from the 80's. They never stopped pumping out hits in the UK and even now have a new album coming out!
What a song! I wanna say I discovered them summer of '85 I wasn't really into radio music back then. Flashback of the 80s goin on when I hear this. I'm a Metalhead. But songs from the big chair is classic. Love it to this day. They sure do look old now but sound amazing still. Great musicians.
Head over Heels- Tears for Fears
Tune!!
YES! absolutely Head over Heels!
excellent suggestion!~
Head Over Heels (my personal favorite) should be next. Also Woman in Chains and Sowing the Seeds of Love are worthy of a reaction.
"Funny how....TIIIIIIIIME FLIIIIIIEEEEES!"
You have to understand what that intro does to Gen X. it is our call. We can hear it for miles.
That is so well put. They know not what they hear!
Hell yeah.
"Head over Heals" - "Mad World" - "Sowing the Seeds of Love" - I think you will love those songs.
Mad World...another good one I forgot about!
I know in my heart you would absolutely LOVE “Woman In Chains” by Tears For Fears. Their first three albums (“The Hurting” in 1983, “Songs From The Big Chair” in 1985, and “The Seeds Of Love” in 1989) were all masterpieces.
Their first album is unreal. Just bought it last week and I was speechless. Didn't know 80s "pop" bands could be so brilliant
Tears for Fears was one of the bands that Ruled the 80's along with Duran Duran
For my money, this is one of the greatest songs in my lifetime. A perfect confluence of sounds. The idea of shout therapy. The frustration. The most catchy hook of outrage. Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith going vocally crazy and the drums. It is perfectly constructed. I had this tape and played it into the ground.
This song was played on the radio at least 3 times an a hour. It was huge and the soundtrack of our youth in the 80’s.
Aileen - I think you would LOVE "Woman in Chains" w/ the incomperable Oletta Adams. Very powerful song with a poignant message. "Sowing the Seeds of Love" is also another great one which will give you Beetlesque vibes.
I actually own this songs parent album, “Songs from the Big Chair”, on vinyl, and it’s easily one of the greatest albums of all time
Spot On Man, one of the top 5 albums, easily, made in the 80s. They were a breath of fresh air and an antidote to mid 80s hair band silliness (Poison, etc.).
I agree, I also put U2's Joshua Tree up there with greatest albums from that time period.
@@carpathiandeviljoshua tree and big chair stand the test of time.
My favorite though off Big Chair is actually The Working Hour… just close your eyes, lay back and let the sax carry you away and his lush vocals too.
"Woman In Chains", great bass line, and Oleta Adams is singing which is never a bad thing. A Somewhat heavy topic wrapped up in excellent music.
They are singing out of true emotion. These are real feelings, and this is their magic.
Well done, it was Roland Orzabal's birthday yesterday. Next, "It's a Mad World".
Best part of the video is that’s all family and friends dancing and singing along with the band.
Tears for Fears - The Working Hour. Album version. Absolutely beautiful.
Such passion and even pain in the vocals of Roland and Kurt. Tears for Fears are still a band that you can’t put in a box and slap a label on. No band sounds like them. Or writes songs like them. They are unique.
Love this! What a coincidence, my eight year old son was just listening to this yesterday and said “Daddy this song is my vibe” 😂❤
thats so adorable!!! ♥
@@AileenSenpai Try this ` Duran Duran - Wild Boys (Long Arena Version) `.....
@@kylereese4822 OMG I love that song is in my playlist
"Pale Shelter" is still one of my fave Tears for Fears songs.
There is quite a rabbit hole to discover with Tears For Fears- Mad World, Change, Pale Shelter, Mothers Talk, Head Over Heels, The Working Hour, Sowing The Seeds Of Love, Woman In Chains, Year Of The Knife, Famous Last Words, Swords And Knives, Goodnight Song, Break It Down Again, Raoul And The Kings Of Spain to name a few - a phenomenal band and their last album The Tipping Point is exceptional as well.
Another excellent Tears For Fears song is “Seeds Of Love” with a cool video and deep meaning lyrics.
Head over heels - Tears for Fears
Mad World - Tears for Fears
❤❤
"Implied Harmonies"... It's such a perfect phrase for their combination of vocal styles
Two singers can sing the same note, but sound different... It can be almost GOSPEL
I first heard that phrase in reference to the Beastie Boys (!)
All their songs are ahead of their time, and still sounds fresh today. A great band.
Agreed! They still sound very contemporary.
its such a masterpiece!
Aileen, I grew up in Orange County CA and grew up listening to KROQ. The station introduced us to Tears For Fears, Oingo Boingo, Split Enz, Love and Rockets, Duran Duran, and Dramarama to name a few. I was gifted.
"Shout" is the title of a new wave song by the British band Tears for Fears from 1984, written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley, the band's keyboardist at the time.
It was sung by Roland Orzabal, with bassist Curt Smith on the chorus. The song became a worldwide hit and was Tears for Fears big breakthrough in the USA.
Tears For Fears had various hits in Europe and the USA.
In addition to “Shout”, there was also “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, “Head over Heels”, “Sowing the Seeds of Love” and a few others.
I love how you enjoy reacting timeless classics like that, Aileen! 🙂❤️
Tell me from one of the greatest generations of all time Gen X, and very proud of it I would never trade the 80s or the 90s for any generations decade. We come from a generation where we knew how to have fun no one was sensitive and we had the best music in the world.
Tears For Fears has so much incredible music from the 80's, 90's, and the 2000's. Their most recent album, "The Tipping Point" is one of my favorite recent albums by any artist.
Same!!! Can't wait to see then again in Vegas!
I absolutely love the positive energy that radiates from Tears For Fears. Even with a song as obviously dark and painful as Shout, you can feel the positive spin they put on the message.
One of the great classics from the 80's.. Tears for Fears were (are!) one of those bands that helped define the 80's alongside the likes of Talk Talk, Gary Numan, Human League, Depeche Mode, Propaganda, Belouis Some, Reflex.. so many bands.
Head over heels , everybody wants to rule the world then shout
I believe she has reviewed Everybody Wants to Rule World
The 80s music sound and mixing really surrounds us as the listener. My favorite era to listen to definitely.
Tears For Fears will always be somewhere in my Top 10 favorite bands of all time. I've seen them 4 times since the first time on their Seeds Of Love tour and they are a creative force.
Woman in Chains is another fantastic song by them
One of the best rock bands in and of the 80ies, no question !!!! So different and creative in sound !
Highly underrated songwriters.
If the post punk/new wave era had an anthem that would unite us… It’s this song. There’s a raw power in it that stirs every single listener that makes us want to not just fight the system, but bring it down.
Tears For Fears are unique in that both members sing lead vocal, you've just watched Roland singing lead on Shout, and you saw Curt singing lead on your previous review of Everybody Wants To Rule The World. Check out Woman In Chains with Roland singing lead and featuring the beautiful voice of Oleta Adams, you'll love the bass guitar on that song, also check out Advice For The Young At Heart which has Curt singing lead.
Wow Lady, you were born to create this channel, these reviews!!!!!!!! Thank you for your immeasurable enthusiasm!!!!!!!! (Hugs) 😊
This song makes me proud to be British! It’s the essence of us in the 80s. My teenage years were great!!!!
Shout was one of my favorite sing along songs . Great reaction as always from you . Thanks !
They have such a unique and solid sound.
Tears for Fears has a vast back catalogue of great albums and songs which span through almost four decades. You should definitely check out the live version of Memories Fade
TOTALLY AWESOME!! ONE OF MY FAVORITE 80'S BAND!! MY KIDS AND I USED TO SING THIS AWESOME SONG WHILE DOING HOUSEWORK, PLUS THEIR FATHER WAS ABUSIVE SO PRETTY MUCH LETTING OUR ANGRY GOOOO! TEARS FOR FEARS HAVE SO MANY AWESOME SONGS "HEAD OVER HEELS" AWESOME REACTION ALIEEN!! 😊💓🔥✌️🤘
SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS I CAN'T SEE VERY WELL SO I APOLOGIZE.
Head Over Heels, Sowing the Seeds of Love (AMAZING) and Woman in Chains (heartbreaking). Love ya!
Absolutely one of my favorite songs. Something wonderful! Vocals, rhythm, guitar solo at the end and those drums.
This was a very hot group in the late 80's and 90`s. Great songs 😊😊😊
Sewing the seeds of Love is spectacular! Great Reaction
Wow thank you so much. This brought tears to my from nostalgia. I grew up on Tears for Fears. I highly highly highly recommend you do the disturbed version of this. It is insane.
There is nothing overdone with either the song or the music video. It is just perfect. The vocals are as you say a perfect blend. It is like you are just joining a party or entertaining guests at your house, The song just makes me remember why I love music. It is a part of us and one of very small things in our current life that we can appreciate and enjoy. Modern music to me is lightspeed years behind this kind of music. It just has so much more energy and meaning. Beautiful reaction video. Music is for life
Oh man i forgot how good this song was. Thank you for a trip down memory lane and your awesome reaction❤
Summer of 1985, first heard this while driving through Boca Raton at a high rate of speed. Brings back some great memories.
That little girl dancing to it at the end- haha she was so into it, so cute 🥰
This TASTES like the 80's, New Wave fashion, The Cosby Show on TV, Ronald Reagan in the White House, it was a time...
The 80s and 90s had it so good. In every aspect
The music that came out of the UK in the early 80's was phenomenal.
That period was just a conveyor belt of great bands producing great music.
voice unleashed at 100%! ❤
This my favourite song of theirs. Back in the day I saw them in a small venue in Brighton. Part way through the song. they stopped playing and the whole crowd, me included, sang the lyrics together with them. Awesome stuff.
The very best song about "scream therapy" that I know of!
These guys were so huge in the 80's when I was a kid. They are still around and still a great band. There old songs stand the test of time as confirmed with this video.
It is a true musical gem, anthem of the 80's
Hi. Old guy here. The whole Songs from the Big Chair album is pretty great. I remember discovering it as a kid through my mom in the 90's. My family would take long road trips from Southern CA to Sturgis, South Dakota and I'd lay in the back seat with my walkman and listen to music the entire drive. Anyway, love your videos.
You can never go wrong with this band. Such amazing, powerful and beautiful songs, especially this one!!! I am so happy you reacted to this. I really hope you do "Head Over Heels," next. 😉😊 Youe reactions are always so sweet and lovely my beautiful Aileen. Te manda muchos cariños desde Miami. 🌹🌹🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Difficult to pick a favorite among 'Shout', 'Head Over Heels', and 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World.' They are all unique, perfectly written, and performed songs.💯
yes.. when I just entered high school in the 80s. I like it and it's popular in Indonesia.
Songs from the big chair is a phenomenal album!
Shout, Everybody wants to rule the world, Head over Heels & Mother’s talk are so well written!
Tears for Fears are so underrated.
Happy that you’ve finally heard it 😊👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I always enjoy your reactions but even better when it's my favorite Artists of all time, they guys are the GOATS of the music industry and I seeing them in Vegas on November 1st, this will be my 3rd year in a row seeing them when a few years ago I never thought I ever see them at all!! These two have so many hits it's ridiculous and there such class acts!
Just a note: I really respect you for your love of all music, and your respect for all music.
Tremendous musicians ❤😊
Head over heels has to be next. Remember seeing them at Knebworth 90. Awesome in the rain!
This song is a reminder of my late teenage years and I remember those days so fondly. Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal are very talented songwriters who grew up listening to progressive rock gods, deeply influenced by them and managed to create their own rich, signature sound at the time. Besides their hit songs, they have written so many beautiful pop-rock songs through the years. For your own listening enjoyment, you might want to check out their latest effort, The Tipping Point, from 2022. It is a beautifully produced, sophisticated pop-rock album from start to end. By the way, that wonderful backing vocal belongs to Scottish singer/songwriter Sandy McLelland. Cheers!
Growing up to this song, it was put out that the guys in the band had a fight before the release of this song and there was a chance that the group might have ended that night. I wish I had more details, because this is one those songs that stand the test of time, this song definitely was a milestone for "shots fired" being put in a song.
Love this reaction ❣️..been waiting for this one for a while..and did not disappoint.
Brings me back to the 80's when this was all over the radio. They had such a unique sound. Good stuff!
This definitely brought back memories for me in middle school. It was easy to sing and hard to get out of your head once you hear it.
I forgot how much i love these guys, Thank for reminding me.
Beautiful song, gorgeous Aileen
"If I could change your mind/I'd really love to break your heart" is a great lyric, in the context of the song it's a fantastic lyric.
This song has the power to unite everyone ❤ I was very pleased to see you so enthusiastic, excited, and happy Aileen ❤
In Italy and all of Europe.... this song had a great success
'Head Over Heels' and 'Sowing The Seeds of Love' are two great tunes by them...
"SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE" - BY TEARS FOR FEARS.
YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. I PROMISE!!!
YEAH BUDDY! 😊👍🎶🎵🎼🎵🎵🎼🎶🎶🎵🎼
Hi Aileen! 🤗
Epic song ! Even Rockers and Metalheads back then had to agree. Heard this blasting at stereo stores (remember them ?) at the time. A great test for speakers.
The perfection of the main singer/songwriter, Roland Orzabal.
I have always been a metal head and classic rock kinda guy but when this came out it spoke to me and became one of my favorite albums.
I have such a soft spot for Tears. Their music hits he right in heart. I was just sitting here watching her reaction tearing up wondering how did we go from this to our sad situation as a society/country? 😢
SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE! You will love it Head over Heals is great too
It was awesome when it first came out. It was a song that your body can groove to. There is no wrong way to dance to it..... well, maybe tap dancing., maybe. As always your reaction brought a smile
It's funny that most people in the US only know Tears for Fears from the 80's. They never stopped pumping out hits in the UK and even now have a new album coming out!
Always loved this song.
One of my favorite. I love the guitar solo
One of my favorites from the 80s!!!
Absolutely great band! This whole album is gold! And the successor too....and then some!!!
Seeds of Love is funky and a powerful cool message
I think Sandy McLelland did that backing vocal. No idea who she is, but she's listed as doing the backing vocals.
What a song! I wanna say I discovered them summer of '85 I wasn't really into radio music back then. Flashback of the 80s goin on when I hear this. I'm a Metalhead. But songs from the big chair is classic. Love it to this day. They sure do look old now but sound amazing still. Great musicians.
Mad world classic.
The 80’s was an awesome time to be young. I wouldn’t trade my memorys of life in the 80’s for anything.
I really loved seeing them in concert. Had a great time. Love Pale Shelter and Women in Chains.
My friends and always described this kind of music as Sweetness